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Thread #7392   Message #2045134
Posted By: Mooh
07-May-07 - 08:42 AM
Thread Name: Guitars..what do you play?
Subject: RE: Guitars..what do you play?
The baritone is another Beneteau acoustic. Jumbo shape, maple back and sides, spruce top, ebony fingerboard & bridge, bone nut & saddle, 27" scale, maple neck. Sometimes I tune it to open G intervals, though usually open F or Eb pitches. Other times it's tuned in strange tunings, and lately I've even tried Robert Fripp's New Standard Tuning, (normally CGDAEG) tuned down to Bb, F, C, G, D, F...but it requires weird string guages which I don't always have on hand. The 27" scale is ideal for C and D type tunings on the 6th string, so even standard tuning down 2 or 3 half steps works great.

Been toying with the idea of having a side port cut in the upper side, but I haven't spoken to the builder about it yet.

Peace, Mooh.